“Animal Farm is replete with subtle and not so-subtle lessons on blind conformity and the misuse of power. What are some of the lessons you've personally taken away from the novel regarding education of the masses, knowledge of history, idealist thought and class structure? Has the novel changed your worldview in any way?”

Animal Farm is replete with subtle and not-so-subtle lessons on blind conformity and the misuse of power. ngs, poems, the state rituals and of course Boxer’s Slogan. These were used to control the masses and by doing so Napoleon used this to his advantage, an example could be in the form of the Seven Commandments because very few animals were educated enough to read what it says and so Napoleon can modify the commandments and adapt them to his personal lusts like ‘sleeping in a bed’ or ‘drinking Is this essay helpful? Join OPPapers to read more and access more than 600,000 just like it! GET BETTER GRADES

whisky’ until it comes to the stage in which it is right to kill other animals. The pigs also used propaganda to confuse the animals; an example could be when Squealer used it to flush out Snowball in which he said that ‘Snowball was a traitor’. Also the pigs used Boxer’s Slogan of ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Napoleon is always right’ because it suits their purpose and to tell the animals what they should do. Ultimately, Napoleon and the other pigs would use these instruments until they achieved unchallenged control. In a Christian perspective, we all need to be educated however if we just learn lies it won’t do us much good so the practice of truth is important. Romans 12:2 says ‘do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will’. This means that we should not follow the ways of the world so when a leader tells you to sin... 1a) it was because the animals were undereducated and did not have a...

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AnimalFarm
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...﻿Smit Kataria
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...AnimalFarm
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Old Major explains was one of the most respected animals in the farm. He called a meeting one night after Mr. Jones had fallen asleep from being so drunk. Old Major explained to the animals that he had dreamed about life on a farm where animals are not the slaves of the humans and live a life in peace, and all animals are comrades and equal. He went on to tell the comrades “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.” (Orwell,6) Orwell paints a grim picture of the political 20th century, a time he believed marked the end of the very concept of human freedom. (Paul Eissen,1997).
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